SCRIPTA
IFront MatterIIIThe LettersVMechanicsVILineageVIIIn the World
I

Front Matter

Sylheti Nagri

Traditional script for the Sylheti language of Sylhet, Bangladesh and Assam, India.

ꠀ ꠁ ꠂ ꠃ ꠄ ꠅ ꠇ ꠈ
Era
Medieval
Region
South Asia
System
Abugida
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
Signs
32
Status
Endangered
Traditional script for the Sylheti language of Sylhet, Bangladesh and Assam, India. Though mainly written in Bengali script today, the British Bangladeshi diaspora (~500,000 people) is running a revival movement for cultural identity. Medieval Sufi Islamic poets' confessions of faith survive in this script. Added to Unicode in 2009.
III

The Letters

Signs · Unicode · Types
Sample GlyphsClick to copy
Unicode
Range 1U+A800–U+A82F
Total signs32
In Unicode45
Unicode Blocks
Syloti Nagri
A800 – A82F
45 chars→
Glyph evolution
Form change over time
Loading evolution data…
V

Reading Mechanics

Direction · Method
↔
Direction
Left to Right (LTR)
좌→우 (LTR)
α
System
Abugida
⌨
Input method
Direct Unicode input
Keyboard layout
Standard IME · input chart
Keyboard layout data not yet available.
VI

The Lineage

Family · Descendants
Phylogeny
Descendants of hieroglyphs
Phylogeny
Related scripts
Ancestors · Descendants · Family

Ancestors

Brahmi Script

Same family

SundaneseBrahmi ScriptDevanagariBengali (Bangla)GujaratiGurmukhi (Punjabi)Tamil ScriptTelugu Script
VII

In the World

Usage · Reach

Languages

Sylheti

Countries

BangladeshIndia